Measuring device.



P. CHATFIELD.

MEASURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION NLM 52wk/.1912.

1,120,689, Patented Dec. 15.1914.

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ran srarns PATENT i @WWE- g FRANKLIN CHATEIELD, OF MINNEAPOLIS, IVIINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO NORTHVESTERN KNITTING COMPANY, Ol MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION.

MEASURING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Deo. 15, 1914.

Application led September 7, 1912. Serial No. 719,247.

To (1U whom it may concern Be it known that l, FizaNirLiN CHi'iriiiLn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in Measuring Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices designed particularly for measuring strips of ribbon, tape, or other similar artioles.

The object of the invention is `to provide a device adapted particularly for use in factories where rolls of ribbon, tape or similar articles are to be cut into pieces of uniform or substantially uniform length, and the object of the invention is to provide a device by V nie-ans of which suoli strips can be quickly and expeditiously measured so as no permit the operator to cut the same into pieces of uniform, or substantially uniform length.

In the accompanying dra-wings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 a side elevation of a measuring oevice embodying my invention. in the drawings, 2 represents a suitable base having a standard 3 rising therefrom and preferably formed integrally therewith. l represents a rod of any suitable or desired length mounted in the standard 3 and secured therein by a suitable set-screw 5. This rod may be of any suitable length. In practice I prefer to maire it about four feet long.

A suitable frame 6 preferably formed of cast metal is mounted upon the rod l with its lower end preferably resting on the top of the standard 3, and it may be clamped in position by' means of a set-screw 7. The lower portion of the frame 6 projects horizontally from the top of the standard 3 and is provided with a substantially vertical slot 8, and the ribbon or tape A to be measured passes from a suitable reel and reel support (not shown) through the vertical slot S by which it is guided and kept in a flat position.

Upon the upper horizontal portion of the frame 6 is a U-shaped plate 9, which is mounted on said horizontal portion of the frame and is secured in position by a setscrew 10. The guide 9 is provided near the end of each of its arms with a slot 11 and through these slots the ribbon or tape A passes.

A hand lever 12 is pivotecl upon the frame 6. This lever is substantially L-shaped and is provided near its free ends with a marking point 13. A spring 14 engages the lever at the base of the device and normally holds said lever in a retracted position as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. An inlring roller 15 is mounted upon a pivoted. arm 16 by means of a spring 17. The arm 16 is provided with a bell crank arm 18 and a spring 19 engages the end of the arm 1S and a lug 20 on a stationary part of the machine. A setscrew 21 is provided in the arm 16 which is adapted to bear against the rear of the lever 12and holds the point 13 against the inking roller 15. The upright rod 4 is provided with a series of notches 22 and these notches are suitably numbered. A sliding block 23 is mounted on the rod et and `is provided with a spring 24 adapted tol engage any one of the notches in the rod 4 and to lock said block 23 in position thereon. This block has an arm 25 provided with an opening 26 through which the tape or ribbon may pass and forms an adjustable guide on the graduated rod through which the free end of the tape is inserted. A set-screw 27 is provided for holding said block in its, desired position on said rod #1. The notches on the bar 4 will preferably be numbered to indicate in inches the desired lengths of ribbon or tape to be secured by the use of this device.

Starting with the block 23 adjusted to the desired position the operator takes hold of the free ond of ribbon or tape which passes through the opening 26 in the arm 25 and draws down the end of said ribbon or tape until it is opposite or substantially opposite the screw 10 on the frame 6. He then presses down upon the lever 12 and this causes the point 13 upon said lever, against which the inlring pad has been resting, to move forward under said inlring pad, which is then lifted from the full lines position shown in Fig. 2 to the dotted lines position in the same figure, and the further downward movement of the handle end of said lever causes the inked face of the point 13 to strike against the face of the ribbon or tape between the two guideholes 11, 11. The ribbon is pressed against a rubber or other suitable plate 28 secured in an opening in the frame 6 opposite the inking roller and a suitable mark is thereby made on the face of theribbon or tape. The operator then pulls down the loose end of the tape draw- 'of ribbon or tape cut off at each operationA will in length be equal to twice the distance from the screw l0 to the slot or opening 26 in the arm 25, and this slot or opening is i v opposite the notch on the rod that is engaged by the spring 24;r (see F ig. l). By this operation the lengths of ribbon or tape will be cut oi" all of substantially thel same length. To vary the lengths or' the strips of ribbon or tape the block 23 may be adjusted up or down on the rod 4, Vthereby increasing or decreasing the length of a-strip of ribbon cut from the reel at each operation. c

l The details of the structure may be varied in many particulars without departing from my invention. f

I claimj l. Thecombination, in a device for measuring tape or similar articles, with a base, of a rod mounted thereon, a stationary guide through which the tape to be measured is vfed, an adjustable block carried by said rod and forming a movable guide and adapted to receive the-free end of the tape, and a marking device mounted` near said stationary guide and means to operate the marking device to mark the tape when a predetermined length has been drawn through said guides.

2. The combination, in a device ormeasuring tape and similar articles, with a base, of a rod mounted thereon, a stationary guide supported'near one end of said rod, a second guide carried by the opposite end Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, byaddressing the Cmmissioner Washington, D. C.

of said rod and through which guides the tape to be marked is fed, the free end of the tape being drawn through said second guide and carried back to a predetermined point near said iirst named guide, and a pivoted marking device mounted to mark the tape near said irst named guide.

3. The combination, in a device ior measuring tape and similar articles, with a suitable base, of a rod secured to said base in an upright position, and provided vwith a series of numbered notches, a frame through which the tape is fed secured to said rod on, a stationary guide positioned near one end oic said rod, an adjustable guide rcarried by said rod and through which guides the tape to be marked is fed, the free end of the tape being drawn through said adjustable guide and carried back to a predetermined point` near said stationary guide, and a marking device having an indicating means and an operating handle disposed adjacent to said rod for marking the tape when a predetermined length has been.

drawn through said guides.

In witness whereof, l have hereunto set my hand this 3rd day of September, 1912. j

FRANKLIN CHATFIELD.

l/Vitnesses:

EDWARD A. PAUL, C. H. Rnnruss.

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